China's ice and snow industry is transitioning from its early development stage to a new phase of high-quality development. This study retrieved articles from core journals in the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database published between 2015 and 2025, using "ice and snow sports" and "industry" as keywords. After screening, 169 articles were included and systematically reviewed using thematic analysis. The results show that China's ice and snow industry faces management challenges including a "top-heavy" industrial chain (weak downstream links), unbalanced regional development, a shortage of interdisciplinary talent, insufficient core technologies, superficial industrial integration, and high pressure for green development. The study proposes solutions such as improving the industrial chain integration mechanism, optimizing spatial layout, building a multi-level talent cultivation system, strengthening technological innovation, deepening "ice-snow+" integration, and improving the standardization system, thereby providing a theoretical reference for the high-quality development of the ice and snow industry.
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